Reverend’s BBQ doesn’t bring deliverance to Sellwood.

Food Reviews & Stories
The dining desert of Sellwood needs some
salvation. Sure, there are a few great old standbys, yet
Sellwood-Westmoreland remains the wealthiest neighborhood on the east
side where you have to dri
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A big jagshemash to East Portland’s Uzbekistan restaurant.

Food Reviews & Stories
It’s tough to keep all those ’Stans straight, huh?
If you can name all
seven such-suffixed nations, well, you’re worldlier than me. Those
Central Asian nations conquered by Mongol khans, t
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La Panza Cafe serves the best New Mexican in town.

Food Reviews & Stories
New Mexico is a state of many enchanting
perils, with meth and frybread at the top of the list. The state’s
cuisine—cowboy meets Chicano in a smoky haze of fresh-roasted local
chilies—does
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Lang Baan brings the long game to Portland’s top-level Thai food.

Food Reviews & Stories
You know this by now: Portland’s best Thai food is also
some of the best anywhere in the country. We even had to donate our
spare Pok Poks to New York City. Without leaving the city, Portland
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Toast and Gravy take on dinner service, but in very different ways.

Food Reviews & Stories
Brunch is usually a bad omen. When
restaurants known for dinner start offering up omelets, scrambles,
frittatas, stratas or quiches, it means either they’re succeeding beyond
capacity or they�
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Food Reviews & Stories
Ask Kurt Huffman how much his restaurant empire ChefStable
used to spend on bread, and he’ll answer quickly: “A lot.” Bread
markups are notoriously high, and for restaurateurs with a stake i
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The last two drugstore soda fountains in Portland.

Food Reviews & Stories
Sandy Boulevard is the Bob Barker of Portland thoroughfares, the one street that time has chosen not to visit.
There
are now only two old-time drugstore soda fountains left in Portland,
and both
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Dinner at Broder Nord is pleasant but strangely quiet.

Food Reviews & Stories
There’s an instinctual pause before reaching for the door
handle. There’s scant proof of life behind the window. But back at the
curb, a sandwich board advertises openness. The door gives. App
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The American Local is an intriguing blend of diner flavors.

Food Reviews & Stories
The American Local is neither American nor local—which is
to say, it’s as American as it gets. Like Smallwares, which it mirrors
on the Portland city map, this clean-lined modern space is heav
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